Knowledge management's killer app?
9/29/2003
Enterprise Information Portals (EIPs), in the simplest of terms, can integrate applications such as content management and business intelligence, and collect data from these applications into a single system. Joseph M. Firestone's comprehensive guide covers the EIP discussion, including estimating EIP costs and benefits, EIP and Enterprise Knowledge Portals (EKP) architecture, and the role of XML in EIPs. Firestone reviews the capabilities of portal products and vendors, including Plumtree, Autonomy, Netegrity Interaction Server, Citrix XML Portal Server, Verity Portal One, Open Text myLivelink, Brio.portal, Sybase Enterprise Portal, and Hyperwave. References punctuate most chapters. A list of acronyms in the appendix might prove helpful for anyone new to the topic.